JOSEPH BEUYS INTUITION

The aim of this book, along with the 2021 exhibition of the same name at Museum Kurhaus Kleve for which it is the catalogue, is neit her to venerate a local saint of Kleve nor to topple an artist from an earlier generation. Instead it highlights the influences, ide as and caesuras that saw Beuys develop from a sensitive traditionalist into a visionary social sculptor. This book examines the crucial period between Joseph Beuys return to his hometown of Kleve after World War II at the age of 24 and his appointment as a professor at the ...[Read more]